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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1957)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Mario Laframboise
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MNA|size=100%}}
| image            = MarioLaframboise3 (cropped).jpg
| caption          = Laframboise in 2015
| office1          = Member of the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Blainville (provincial electoral district)|Blainville]]
| term_start1      = April 7, 2014
| term_end1        = 
| predecessor1     = [[Daniel Ratthé]]
| successor1       = 
| riding2          = [[Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel]]
| parliament2      = Canadian
| term_start2      = November 27, 2000
| term_end2        = May 2, 2011
| predecessor2     = [[Maurice Dumas]]
| successor2       = [[Mylène Freeman]]
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1957|11|07}}
| birth_place      = [[Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, Quebec]], Canada
| death_date       =
| death_place      =
| party            = [[Coalition Avenir Québec]]
| otherparty       = [[Bloc Québécois]]
| spouse           = 
| residence        = 
| profession       = Notary
}}

'''Mario Laframboise''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MNA}} (born November 7, 1957) is a Canadian politician who served as mayor of [[Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, Quebec|Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix]] and [[Reeve (Canada)|Reeve]] of the [[Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Papineau MRC]] before getting into federal politics. In the [[2000 Canadian federal election]], Laframboise was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] as the [[Bloc Québécois]] candidate in the [[Riding (division)|riding]] of [[Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel]]. He was easily re-elected in the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004]], [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006]] and [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008]] elections, however he was defeated in the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]] election by [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]'s [[Mylène Freeman]]. A former notary, he was the Bloc critic to the Minister of Transport and later to the Minister of Infrastructure. He was also vice-president of the federal permanent committee of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.<ref>Laflamme, Jessy, La Petite-Nation en bref, La Petite-Nation (Saint-Andre-Avellin), Saint-Andre-Avellin, Quebec, May 14, 2006, page 7.</ref>

Laframboise was the [[Coalition Avenir Québec]] candidate for the June 11, 2012, by-election in the provincial riding of [[Argenteuil (provincial electoral district)|Argenteuil]].<ref>Dougherty, Kevin, [https://montrealgazette.com/news/provincial+elections+called+June/6594119/story.html "Two provincial by-elections called for June 11,"] [[Montreal Gazette]], May 10, 2012</ref> He came in third. He was again defeated by Richer in the [[2012 Quebec general election|2012 general election]]. In the [[2014 Quebec general election|2014 general election]] he switched to the riding of [[Blainville (provincial electoral district)|Blainville]], where he was elected.

==Priorities==
During his tenure as MP his priorities were centered on the local economy which is especially dominated by the forestry, tourism and agriculture sectors especially in the Petite-Nation region. When the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] government of [[Stephen Harper]] was elected to power after the 2006 election, Laframboise urged them to adopt a motion by the [[Bloc Québécois]] that would have modified the Employment Insurance Bill which would have helped workers who've lost their jobs - at that time a local [[Thurso, Quebec|Thurso]] [[sawmill]] closed in early 2006.<ref>Thurso : MacMillan déborde de confiance, Le Droit, Ottawa, April 22, 2006, page 4</ref>

He mentioned that the Conservatives had promised during the election to create an independent [[employment insurance]] program.<ref>Soucy, Yves, Assurance-emploi : Laframboise presse les conservateurs d'agir (Employment Insurance : Laframboise urges Conservatives to act), Le Droit, Ottawa, May 12, 2006, page 10.</ref> The MP and his party also wanted measures to help more aged workers when they lost their jobs.

Despite its support over the [[Kyoto Accord]], Laframboise also supported the completion of [[Quebec Autoroute 50|Autoroute 50]] between [[Gatineau]] and [[Lachute]] in the [[Laurentides (region)|Laurentians]] which has been planned for years in order to provide an alternative way to the dangerous [[Quebec Route 148|Route 148]] which was the scene of numerous fatal accidents over the years in the Petite-Nation region. During his mandates, he criticized the lack of participation of the federal government (during the Liberal era) over the construction of it. However, the lack of funding forced the Quebec government to build only a [[Super two (road)|Super-2]] highway, while Laframboise wanted a four-lane traditional [[Autoroutes of Quebec|Autoroute]] to facilitated a triangular corridor formed by [[Montreal]], [[Gatineau]] and the [[Mont-Tremblant]] ski resort in the Laurentians. He mentioned that a two-lane highway would become as dangerous as the [[Quebec Route 175|Route 175]] that crossed the [[Laurentians Wildlife Reserve]] north of [[Quebec City]].<ref>Gauderault, Patrice, Élections 2006, Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel, Le fief bloquiste, Le Droit, Ottawa, January 5, 2006, page 6</ref>

==Electoral record==
===Provincial===
{{2022 Quebec general election/Blainville}}
{{2018 Quebec general election/Blainville}}

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2014|percent=yes|collapsed=no|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|QC|CAQ|Mario Laframboise|15,075|33.92|-7.41}}
{{CANelec|QC|Liberal|Marie-Claude Collin|13,118|29.51|+13.66}}
{{CANelec|QC|PQ|Gyslaine Desrosiers|13,046|29.53|-6.17}}
{{CANelec|QC|QS|Annie Giguère|2,898|6.52|+2.63}}
{{CANelec|QC|EA|Jean Philippe Fournier|312|0.70|-}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|44,449 |98.08| | }}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|868|1.92|+0.86}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|45,317|76.85|-5.01}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|58,968}}
{{CANelec/hold|QC|CAQ|-10.53}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2012|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|QC|PQ|[[Roland Richer]] |12,449|38.52|+2.14}}
{{CANelec|QC|Liberal |Lise Proulx |9,387|29.05|-4.07}}
{{CANelec|QC|CAQ|Mario Laframboise |8,564|26.50|+5.08}}
{{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire|Yvan Zanetti |855|2.65|-0.09}}
{{CANelec|QC|Green |Stephen Matthews |653|2.02|-0.99}}
{{CANelec|QC|Option nationale |Patrick Sabourin |409|1.27|-0.04}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|32,317|99.04|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|314|0.96|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|32,631|74.33|+31.85}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists|43,902|&ndash;|&ndash;}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|June 11, 2012|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|QC|PQ| [[Roland Richer]] | 6,568 | 36.16 | +2.54 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Liberal |Lise Proulx | 6,067 | 33.40 | -16.18 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|CAQ|Mario Laframboise | 3,887 | 21.40 | +10.16 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Green |Claude Sabourin | 543 | 2.99 | -0.49 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire|Yvan Zanetti | 490 | 2.70 | +0.61 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Option nationale |Patrick Sabourin | 243 | 1.34 | | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Conservative (2009) |Jean Lecavalier | 190 | 1.05 | | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Independent|Georges Lapointe | 151 | 0.83 | | }}
{{CANelec|QC|[[Équipe autonomiste|Autonomist Team]] |Gérald Nicolas | 26 | 0.14 | | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 18,165 | 98.71 |&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 237 |1.29|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 18,402| 42.36| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists| 43,441 |&ndash;|&ndash;| }}
{{end}}

===Federal===
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Mylène Freeman]]|25,801|44.24| +31.84| }}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Mario Laframboise|16,876|28.94| -19.16| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Daniel Fox|7,175|12.30| -5.85| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Yvan Patry|6,497|11.14| -6.29| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Stephen Matthews|1,506|2.58| -1.16| }}
{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Michel Daniel Guibord|342|0.59|&ndash;| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Christian-Simon Ferlatte|123|0.21|+0.03| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid vote/Expense limit|58,320|	100.00| }}
{{end}}
<small>Source: [https://archive.today/20130101082804/http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/candidates.aspx?L=e&ED=24004&EV=34&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&Prov=QC&ProvID=24&MapID=&QID=8&PageID=17&TPageID= Elections Canada]</small>

{{2008 Canadian federal election/Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel}}
{{2006 Canadian federal election/Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel}}
{{2004 Canadian federal election/Argenteuil—Mirabel}}
{{2000 Canadian federal election/Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel}}

==References==
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==External links==
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